US Heffingen controlled its friendly at Reuler, beating North Fox 88-59 after building separation across the middle quarters. The opening was balanced at 6-6 before TOM strung together seven straight points (two free throws, a two and a three) for 6-13. North Fox responded through captain Charel Linden and Loic Alphonse Jacoby from deep to close the first at 14-19.
The game tilted in the second. From 17-21, Heffingen delivered a 10-0 burst (TOM three, OLY two, TOM three, Frank Jacoby two) to 17-31, and soon led 27-44 at halftime as GERRY and TOM kept hitting from long range. FOX's Stephane Banga Kpako (31, BEL) and Linden tried to steady the hosts, but HEF's rhythm and spacing dictated the tempo.
After the break, Banga pieced together early points, only for HEF to reply via OLY and LUKE, who added a triple. An unsportsmanlike foul on Fox's Sébastien Schmitz midway through the third handed HEF extra control; it was 39-60 after three. LUKE then opened the fourth with a flurry 9 points in short order, including a three to push the gap beyond twenty. The largest lead reached 32 (56-88) before Jacoby's late three set the final margin.
Heffingen's scoring was spread but driven by TOM's 24, capped by six made threes. LUKE added 15 and a decisive fourth-quarter surge, while OLY and BOURGEOIS Lee (1.95m, 23) chipped in 9 apiece; GERRY also hit three triples for 9, with AUSTIN on 9 and RAYAN 6. For North Fox, Banga Kpako led with 17, Linden had 16 mixing threes, drives and free throws, and Jacoby posted 11 including a late three. Tom Uding (5) and Nadjahou Mousel (4) contributed, the latter with a fourth-quarter triple. Coach Mike Pravisani's side never found a sustained run after the second-quarter swing, while player-coach OLY Charel's group managed the timeouts and key stretches effectively.
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